4. Office Gifts

5. Ephesians 4:7-16 To prepare God’s people Given to empower others
Numbers 11:29
But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”
Multiplication vs addition
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6. Ephesians 4:7-16 CONVERTS DISCIPLES 1 YEAR 365,000 1 730,000 2
1,095,000 4
1,460,000 8
1,825,000 16
2,190,000 32
2,555,000 64
2,920,000
128
3,285,000
256
10 YEARS
3,650,000
512
25 YEARS
9,125,000
16,736,256 33,472,512
9,490,000
9,855,000
66,945,024
10,220,000
133,890,048
10,585,000
267,780,096
10,650,000
535,560,192
31 YEARS
11,015,000
1,071,120,384
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7. Ephesians 4:7-16 Apostles: (2 types)
Foundational- select group chosen to carry out directly the ministry of Christ (included assigned task given to a few to complete the sacred cannon of the Holy Scriptures; personally saw the incarnated Christ
Ongoing- extending the work of the church; opening fields to the gospel; planting and overseeing churches
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8. Ephesians 4:7-16 Apostles: Acts 15:36,41
36 Sometime later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” …41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
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9. Prophets: Spokesman/ proclaimer with a divinely focused message to the church and/or the world; a person who is uniquely gifted with divine insight of God’s revelation for correction, edification, and warning. Manifestation of the Spirit of God— not of intellect
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Amos 3:7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

10. Evangelists: special gift of proclamation and witnessing in a way that brings unbelievers to salvation; productive instruments in soul winning, leading the church in doing so as well. Evangelists do not always stay in one locale
­Acts 21:8 says Philip is an evangelist. Acts 8:5-13: Philip’s gift manifested
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11. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
1 …When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

12. Ephesians 4:7-16 Evangelists:
­­Success in evangelism comes from the power of the Spirit!
­Paul urged Timothy to “do the work of an evangelist” (2 Timothy 4:5)
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13. Pastors: to assume a long-term personal responsibility for the spiritual welfare of a group of believers; shepherding— to guide, feed, and protect a flock of followers in Christ; leading the church in doing so as well
­John 10: Jesus is our example of what a shepherd should be
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14. Teachers: to instruct the body of Christ; to use detailed understanding of Biblical truth to those willing to learn, leading the church in doing so as well
­The Apostle Paul
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15. Ephesians 4:7-16 5-Fold Ministry: Apostles (They Govern)
Prophets (They Guide)
Evangelists (They Gather)
Pastors/Shepherds (They Give and Guard)
Teachers (They Ground)
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16. How should they operate?
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
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